An aerial view shows the Tesla Fremont Factory in Fremont, California on February 10, 2022. Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images In 2017 and 2018, as some workers sought to form a union at the Tesla factory in Fremont, California, Elon Musk‘s electric vehicle company was paying a consultancy, MWW PR, to monitor employees
Month: June 2022
By Joey Klender Posted on June 2, 2022 The Tesla Cybertruck has attracted yet another crazy third-party modification from company Space Campers, which developed a “wedge-style” camper perfect for the great outdoors. Built from aerospace-grade composites, Space Campers developed the wedge design to last a lifetime, with all of the most appropriate accessories for a
Volvo Cars and video game company Epic Games are partnering to improve the role of the human-machine interface for Volvo’s next generation of electric vehicles. According to a statement Wednesday, Epic Games will use a visualization tool known as Unreal Engine. Unreal Engine — used to power the popular video game Fortnite — will run
10:59 AM ET Associated Press Alexander Rossi on Thursday confirmed he has signed a multiyear deal to drive for Arrow McLaren SP beginning next season after a seven-year run with Andretti Autosport. Rossi’s departure had been widely speculated since April, although both the American driver and Michael Andretti insisted they had an exclusive negotiating window
What kind of vehicle is the 2022 Jeep Wagoneer? What does it compare to? For 2022, Jeep revives its full-size, body-on-frame SUV as the mainstream Wagoneer and the luxurious Grand Wagoneer. The Wagoneer debuted in 1963 and was last sold in the U.S. in 1991. It competes with vehicles such as the Chevrolet Tahoe, GMC
BERLIN – BMW is still working out how to make good on a promise to build the world’s first fossil-free plant in Hungary, from how much energy can be generated on-site to how much storage will be needed, the automaker’s production chief, Milan Nedeljkovic, said. BMW will build its next-generation full-electic cars underpinned by its
DETROIT — Chevrolet has slashed the Bolt EV’s and EUV‘s starting prices by about $6,000 for 2023 as it prepares to roll out electric crossovers powered by General Motors’ Ultium batteries and aims to accelerate Bolt sales to record highs. The price reductions come as average transaction prices continue to climb industrywide. GM’s average transaction
The Mustang Mach-E is Ford’s first new all-electric vehicle under an $11 billion investment plan in electrified vehicles through 2022. Michael Wayland / CNBC Ford Motor said Thursday that its U.S. sales fell just 4.5% in May from a year ago, a narrower decline than in recent months, as it continued to see white-hot demand
BMW unveiled today its next-generation X1, its entry-level vehicle, and introduced an all-electric version, the BMW iX1, for the first time. It should become BMW’s cheapest electric vehicle. Since moving away from the i3 and launching a whole new generation of electric vehicles, like the iX and i4, BMW has been busy in the EV
10:05 AM ET Associated Press IndyCar rookie Kyle Kirkwood will replace Alexander Rossi next season at Andretti Autosport, the team that developed the Floridian but did not have an open seat for him when Kirkwood was ready for the big leagues. Kirkwood has won at every level of IndyCar’s ladder system and was last year’s
What kind of vehicle is the 2023 Toyota Corolla? What does it compare to? The 2023 Toyota Corolla is a compact car available in sedan and hatchback body styles. It’s offered with gas and hybrid powertrains, the latter of which delivers Prius-grade fuel consumption with more streamlined and less egg-shaped styling. The Corolla runs up
The same day it unveiled the Wildcat EV concept for North America, Buick also unveiled a new electric SUV concept for China. Like the Wildcat EV, the Buick Electra-X concept previews the brand’s future design direction, including a new badge, significantly modified for the first time since 1990. The Electra-X shares some styling elements with
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Brilliant and brutal are two words that accurately define the new 2022 Audi RS3. After skipping the 2021 model year, Audi has returned the RS brandname to the top of the latest A3 lineup with more power, technology, and an angrier attitude. To find out just how good this new high-performance sedan is, we went
MILAN — Stellantis will again stop operations at its key Melfi plant in southern Italy next week, a union representative said, citing shortages of various parts, including semiconductors. Marco Lomio, local head of UILM metalworkers union, said chip shortage was the main problem. “Fortunately the plant has worked regularly all throughout May, but when chips
A highway in rural Utah had to be shut down to give a bear a police escort to the other side. The crossing happened at U.S. Route 89 near Ephraim, Utah, which is 115 miles south of Salt Lake City. According to the Ephraim City Police Facebook page, the bear had been spotted a few
WASHINGTON — Eight automakers have improved their emergency response guides for EVs and incorporated vehicle-specific details on extinguishing lithium-ion battery fires, following a recommendation last year by a federal safety agency. The National Transportation Safety Board on Wednesday said Honda, Hyundai, Mitsubishi, Porsche, Volkswagen and Volvo — along with well electric transit maker Proterra and
A WeRide robotaxi with health supplies heads to Liwan district on June 4, 2021, in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou. Southern Metropolis Daily | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — While governments may be wary of driverless cars, people want to buy the technology, and companies want to cash in. It’s a
The Chevrolet Bolt EV has a lot of great features, the best of which may be its relatively low purchase price. However, one of its biggest shortcomings is its DC fast charging capabilities. The vehicle has a maximum DC fast charge rate of only 55 kW, which is lower than every other EV sold in
Jeep is getting some screen time in the upcoming Jurassic World: Dominion. The Gladiator, Wrangler and a vintage Grand Wagoneer will appear in the dinosaur-packed epic in continuation of a relationship that began with the first Jurassic Park film in 1993. In the first entry, a T. rex chased a Wrangler in one of its
3:08 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Callum Ilott will miss the Detroit Grand Prix because of a broken hand suffered in a crash during the Indianapolis 500. Juncos Hollinger Racing replaced him with Santino Ferrucci to race in Detroit this weekend. Ilott was an early crash at Indy and finished 32nd; Ferrucci was 10th
What kind of car is the 2023 Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class? What does it compare to? The GLC-Class luxury crossover slots into the Mercedes SUV family with its mid-size dimensions, C-Class running gear—and this year, its emergence without V-8, V-6, inline-6, AMG, or Coupe models. Yet. For 2023, so far, it’s prepping for an on-sale date next
BMW is stepping up its challenge to Tesla with the iX1 full-electric compact crossover. The iX1 xDrive30, which goes into production in November, will compete against the Mercedes EQA, Audi Q4 e-tron and the Tesla Model Y. The crossover sits between its two German rivals at 4500 mm long versus 4463 mm for the EQA
DETROIT — Buick is giving customers and dealers a hint of its future design philosophy with the Wildcat electric vehicle concept unveiled Wednesday. As the brand plans to launch an all-electric lineup in North America by the end of the decade, it will also revamp its design approach by giving vehicles a more sculptural look,
In this article TSLA Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks at an event in Hawthorne, California April 30, 2015. Patrick T. Fallon | Reuters Elon Musk has reportedly told Tesla employees to come back into their respective offices at least 40-hours a week or to leave the company. In two emails obtained by Electrek, Musk said
By Eric Ralph Posted on May 31, 2022 US Federal Aviation Administration says that its environmental review of SpaceX’s plan to conduct orbital Starship launches out of South Texas has been delayed for the fifth time in five months. However, despite the chronic delays and the FAA’s bizarre decision to announce a new delay every
3:07 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Colton Herta rolled his Indianapolis 500 car end-over-end during Friday’s final practice. The star driver for Andretti Autosport was uninjured in the most significant crash in the buildup to “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.” “I think I was going a little too fast for that corner,” Herta said.
The best-selling, most important, Lexus is new again. On Tuesday, the 2023 Lexus RX debuted with a new powertrain lineup, a new platform, a complete overhaul of its design, and the automaker’s latest interior technology 2023 Lexus RX 500h F Sport Performance Turbo and electrified era The V-6 engine, which has been a mainstay in
The Lamborghini Aventador Ultimae will soon go the way of the dodo but to send it off in style, the automaker introduced the Ultimae variant in mid-2021. Created as the ultimate swan song to the iconic supercar, the Ultimae is quite spectacular and was recently tested by Carfection. In creating the Ultimae, Lamborghini decided against
Marelli Holdings, the auto supplier seeking to renegotiate its debt, selected current owner KKR & Co. as its sponsor in order to restructure the business. Hiroshi Watanabe, a spokesman for Saitama, Japan-based Marelli, confirmed the decision following a meeting with creditors on Tuesday. The company later issued a statement saying that a selection committee “concluded